overprint?

[kl2 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

hi,

can anyone help me?
How do you show what ojects in an image are in overprint?
Is it a preference somewhere? I can't find it.

[Dave Plank]

Yes, it is in Preferences:Redraw. There is a chckbox that says "display
overprint objects."

You can find more information about this by searching the technotes. For
example: [url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/freehand/ts/documents/tn3653.html[/url]

dp

"kl2" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> hi,
>
> can anyone help me?
> How do you show what ojects in an image are in overprint?
> Is it a preference somewhere? I can't find it.
>
>
>

[Dave Plank]

I am a long time Mac FH9 user who has just started using FHMX. Can
someone try this and tell me if you get the same results?

Go to Freehand:Preferences:General. Uncheck box "double-click enables
transform handles" Now create a box or any other object. Select the
rotate tool and try to rotate the object. Does it work?

The only way I can use the rotate tool in MX is to enable transform
handles and I don't like that feature because I unintentionally get
objects with the transform handles.

Regards

dp

[Judy Arndt]

The rotate tool works fine here.

Are you sure you have the actual rotate tool selected? In Windows > Toolbars

> Customize > Modify, there is a black & white rotate icon button that only

opens the Transform/Rotate panel.

I was confused by this too, because I'd much prefer to use the sharp
contrast of the B&W icons to the blurry blue-gray blob that is sadly the
only choice for a rotate tool icon.

Is there any way to modify icons under Mac OS X? Under OS 9, I would have
simply opened the application resources with ResEdit and pasted in the icon
I prefer.

Judy Arndt
--
FHMX, G4, Mac OS 10.2.6


Dave Plank wrote:

> I am a long time Mac FH9 user who has just started using FHMX. Can
> someone try this and tell me if you get the same results?
>
> Go to Freehand:Preferences:General. Uncheck box "double-click enables
> transform handles" Now create a box or any other object. Select the
> rotate tool and try to rotate the object. Does it work?

[Dave Plank]

Ok, how do I get the real rotate tool? I go to the menu bar and select
Modify:Transform:Rotate but that does not do anything.

I used the method you described to put the rotate tool in my toolbar.
How do I get the real rotate tool that will rotate an object?

dp

Judy Arndt wrote:

> The rotate tool works fine here.
>
> Are you sure you have the actual rotate tool selected? In Windows > Toolbars
>

>>Customize > Modify, there is a black & white rotate icon button that only

>
> opens the Transform/Rotate panel.
>
> I was confused by this too, because I'd much prefer to use the sharp
> contrast of the B&W icons to the blurry blue-gray blob that is sadly the
> only choice for a rotate tool icon.
>
> Is there any way to modify icons under Mac OS X? Under OS 9, I would have
> simply opened the application resources with ResEdit and pasted in the icon
> I prefer.
>
> Judy Arndt

[Judy Arndt]

Dave Plank wrote:

> I used the method you described to put the rotate tool in my toolbar.
> How do I get the real rotate tool that will rotate an object?

The rotate tool button is under Windows>Toolbars>Customize>Tools/Commands.

Judy Arndt

[Judy Arndt]

Dave Plank wrote:

> THANKS! That did it. I got the right tool now. I my be backward, but I
> think it would be better to label the two tools differently (Rotate
> Tool, Rotate Palette)

That would help. The Rotate Panel button Tool Tip shows "Rotate ..." Those
three little dots are the clue that a dialog follows.

> Tell your boss you deserve a raise.

Ha, ha! I'm my own boss. The only way to 'get a raise' would be to work
harder and spend less time answering questions on the FH forum. ;-)

Judy Arndt